http://birdiegolfblog.com The Travels & Adventures of Birdie Golf Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:45:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-new-sushi-chef-okabe-san-inagiku-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-new-sushi-chef-okabe-san-inagiku-hong-kong/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:40 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4277 Share|We headed to Inagiku at IFC, Hong Kong to try the new sushi chef, Takashi Okabe, former head sushi chef at Sushi Musashino, Hilton Tokyo, Japan. To be honest, we did not have terribly high expectations as Inagiku’s existing sushi chef was already very good.   We waited for quite a while for our first [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-new-sushi-chef-okabe-san-inagiku-hong-kong/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-molines-bistro-hunter-valley-australia/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-molines-bistro-hunter-valley-australia/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:01 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4161 Share|A bit off the path of usual Hunter Valley wineries and restaurants, this small gem is next to the Tallavera Grove winery in the south, tucked up on the hillside of Mount View.   The decor is very French countryside bistro style with antique cabinets and filled with lots of interesting small decorations.   The [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-molines-bistro-hunter-valley-australia/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-roberts-restaurant-hunter-valley-australia/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-roberts-restaurant-hunter-valley-australia/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:00:28 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4126 Share|We got a bit confused about this one. We were recommended to try Roberts at Pepper Tree and upon searching for it on the web, we found Roberts Restaurant instead, but didn’t think otherwise and made dinner reservations. Then we noticed that their names were different and their websites had vastly contrasting styles. Nevertheless, we [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-roberts-restaurant-hunter-valley-australia/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-muse-restaurant-hunter-valley-australia/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-muse-restaurant-hunter-valley-australia/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:52 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4093 Share|This restaurant in Hunter Valley, Australia was recommended by our friends and we were excited to try it. But once we drove up Hungerford Hill Winery, where it is located, we immediately realized that we had been here before! And from our experience, we knew we would not be disappointed.   The atmosphere was relaxing [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-muse-restaurant-hunter-valley-australia/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-tetsuyas-sydney-australia/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-tetsuyas-sydney-australia/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:12 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4045 Share|Before Pier Restaurant, Tetsuya’s was the restaurant on our must visit list for Sydney. In fact our whole Australian trip’s schedule was planned around our Tuesday dinner booking here. Arriving at the restaurant, we immediately feel the strong Japanese influence from chef / owner Tetsuya Wakuda’s roots.   The perfectly manicured Japanese garden surrounds the [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-tetsuyas-sydney-australia/feed/ 0